How can Da Vinci be characterized as a true Renaissance Man?

Leonardo Da Vinci can be characterized as a true Renaissance Man because of his brilliant ideas. He is an artist and scientist. He is best know for his Mona Lisa". Leonardo also dissected the human body and made sketches of them. He designed a prototype flying machine that was never built.  Da Vinci's famous work of art include Mona Lisa, Baptism of Christ, The Adoration of the Magi and John the Baptist. His Codex is filled with sketches of human body and prototype machines. There was a drawing of a baby in a fetus that Leonardo had dissected himself. There was also The Vitruvian Man who was in two positions. This shows the proportions of the human body. Da Vinci is a true Renaissance Man because of his genius ideas science and art.

Brunelleschi's Dome

How do the actions and decisions of people effect change? The Cathedral in Florence has been abandoned for at least 100 years before Cosimo De Medici sponsored Brunelleschi, whose brilliant idea was used to complete the dome.  His actions were to use the egg balancing technique. The change after his wise idea is a dome with no scaffolding! 


Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore was built in 1296. It was abandoned for 100 years with no dome. But in 1436, a genius architect named Filippo Brunelleschi engineered the dome which has no scaffolding. The dome has stood for 500 years because of Brunelleschi's brilliant architecture strategy.

Where Do New Ideas Come From?

I think new Ideas comes from visioning. Dr Mahathir Mohammad who was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia modernized this country by visioning. He build the Petronas Twin Tower, Sepang International Circuit and The KL Tower which attracted tourist. Without his brilliant ideas, Malaysia could not have been well developed. The skyline of Kuala Lumpur could not have been fitted with tall buildings. The number of tourists paying a visit to Malaysia has increase dramatically. Tourists like to visit the Sepang International Circuit when there is the F1 race and they would like to see the world's tallest twin towers which is the Petronas Twin Tower.

After twenty-two years in office, Dr Mahathir resigned as Prime Minister. His 22 years reign left a huge legacy. Dr Mahathir issued an objective "Vision 2020" which is the year he predicted that Malaysia will become a fully developed country.

My Favorite Story From our Short Story Unit

The are three stories we read. I have to admit that "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty. The massage of the story is to raise awareness to everone that civil war is a horrific situation to be in. The author give awareness because at the end of the story, the sniper killed the enemy sniper and it turned out to be his brother. After reading this short story, I suddenly realized that civil war is like killing your brother because the sniper killed the enemy sniper that actually turned out to be his brother. This story is a really good story because of its unique writing technique. The author knows how to put suspense.